
ドジャースの大谷翔平は右上腕の負傷から復帰し、パドレス戦で2番指名打者として出場、第1打席で右前打を放った。同日に村上宗隆、鈴木誠也、岡本和真など日本人選手が米大リーグでプレーし、岡本はダブルヘッダーで無安打に終わりプレーオフ進出の可能性が消滅した。
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大谷翔平は右上腕の負傷により負傷者リストに入っていたが、復帰して試合に出場した。
【ロサンゼルス時事】米大リーグは23日、各地で行われ、右上腕を痛めていたドジャースの大谷は負傷者リストから復帰してパドレス戦に2番指名打者(DH)で出場し、第1打席で右前打を放った。第2打席は四球。大谷が1番以外を打つのは今季初めて。同僚の山本が先発し、三回まで無失点に抑えた。
23日の日本選手 米大リーグ
ホワイトソックスの村上はロイヤルズ戦に4番一塁で臨み、4打数1安打1打点。チームは4―5で競り負けた。カブスの鈴木はマーリンズ戦に2番右翼で出場し、4打数1安打。カブスは2―3で敗れた。
ブルージェイズの岡本はオリオールズとのダブルヘッダーで、第1試合は3番三塁で出場し、3打数無安打。第2試合は4番DHで出て、4打数無安打。チームは第1試合に2―4で敗れ、プレーオフ進出の可能性が消滅した。第2試合も2―4で敗れた。

Consecutive women's judo Olympic champion Ayumi Tanimoto (45) served as a general volunteer to guide spectators at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. Out of gratitude for her past experience, she applied, saying, ``I've always wanted to try it,'' and contributed to the organization of the event with her cheerful voice and smile.

On the 22nd, infielder Takuya Nakajima (35) of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, a professional baseball team, held a press conference at the team's home base, Escon Field, Hokkaido, and announced that he would be retiring from active duty at the end of this season. Looking back on his 18 years of dedication to the Fighters, he expressed his gratitude and cited winning the league championship in 2016 as the No. 1 in Japan as his favorite memory. He asked his juniors to ``do the obvious things,'' and expressed his intention to become a coach in the future.

Nippon-Ham fell behind by 5 points due to starter Kitayama's 5 runs, but Tamiya's home run helped them come back and win. Nakajima's retirement match after 18 years of service was decorated with flowers, and the team moved forward to host the CS first stage at their home base.

With less than 10 games left, the Giants, who are 0.5 games behind the leader, suffered a walk-off loss to last place Hiroshima in the 11th inning. They failed to capitalize on the opportunities and their relief team collapsed, resulting in a disappointing loss. They remain in a can't-win situation as they look to win the league for the first time in two years.

On the 10th day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament, Atamifuji defeated Ozeki Kotozakura in a push-out match to advance to the tournament. In a place where he was aiming to be promoted to ozeki, he showed a calm and powerful sumo style, and received high praise from Chairman Hakkaku. He says that this is a "passing point" and is eager to get to the final stage.

On the fourth day of the Aichi/Nagoya Asian Games, 17-year-old Yuki Kojima won the gold medal in the men's 400m individual medley, setting a new tournament record. Aiko Sugihara became the first Japanese woman to win the women's individual all-around gymnastics event, and Kazuki Iimura won the gold medal in the men's foil fencing event.